SENIOR MOMENT 4 WOMEN

  When I see parents with kids jumping  up and down, I smile. They are in the  toy aisle of a department store. The  kids are discussing what toy they  want for Christmas.  Some of the  kids over age nine lead  their parents  to the Electronics  Department for view of   latest cell  phone, notebook, and computer accessories.  My children are grown, so I no  longer endure discussions about  trendy  toys and electronics. I am a purple lover and usually put up purple Christmas decor. I wasn't feeling up to doing that  this year.  I was Christmas shopping  with my Mom.  I spotted a display  of  mini Christmas ornaments. There  were  p ackets of gold dachshunds  dressed  in red S anta outfits. This  was the  cutest ornaments I had  seen this  year. I have a dachshund  mix  dog, so I had to buy every packet  I could find. Onl...

I love some parts of the Christmas season. I love the reason for the season, the birth  of Jesus Christ: "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou  shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save  his people from their sins."  Matthew 1:21  I enjoy planning my Christmas menu. The week of Christmas is the busiest for me. I live in a household full of  men and only one son can cook. Gifts are given during the Christmas  season to express love and good will. This Bible verse reveals that baby Jesus received gifts: "And when they ( Wise Men ) were come  into the house, they saw the young child  with Mary his mother, and fell down,  and  worshipped him: and when they had  opened their treasures, they presented  unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense,  and myrrh."  Buying gifts for my family was easy in the  beginning. My sons' circled what they  wanted in a catalog that came in the mail. They laid the circled ...